Category: Tri-Town Calendar
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Medical mission brings help to China’s children
By linda denicolaStaff Writer Medical mission brings help to China’s children By linda denicola Staff Writer Mark Twain said, "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness." Kathy Rubin, a nurse with Operation Smile, an organization that provides surgery for children with facial deformities, would agree. Rubin, a Freehold Township resident, just returned from a…
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Funding helps area providers serve Ocean County seniors
More than three dozen contracts for senior programs ranging from health screenings to caregiver service were recently approved by the Ocean County Board of Freeholders. The 37 contracts totaled $1.93 million in federal, state and county money that will fund programs administered by the Ocean County Office of Senior Services through local service providers. "Our…
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Tickle your funny bone at county college
Playwrights and Company, in association with Ocean County College, Toms River, is back for its 11th season of "The Funny Bone Festival of New American Comedies." Six short comedies will be presented at the college’s lecture hall at the main campus on College Drive on Jan. 24-26 and Jan. 31 through Feb. 2. The Friday…
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Lakewood woman directs efforts at Habitat store
By clare MARie celanoStaff Writer By clare MARie celano Staff Writer Gloria Barkley of Lakewood is the manager of the Habitat for Humanity store, Freehold Borough. FREEHOLD — There’s a new used furniture store in town, one which sells merchandise for a fraction of what it sold for new. The Habitat for Humanity store opened…
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FRHSD students to perform with
All-Shore chorus By dave benjaminStaff Writer FRHSD students to perform with By dave benjamin Staff Writer There are a lot of talented students in the Freehold Regional High School District and this year 51 of them have been selected, out of more than 350 who auditioned, for membership in the All-Shore Chorus. "After a rigorous…
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Gov. reinstates Clean
Communities programMunicipalities willagain receive state fundsfor anti-litter efforts By gloria stravelliStaff Writer Communities program Municipalities will again receive state funds for anti-litter efforts By gloria stravelli Staff Writer The state’s budgetary mess aside, keeping the Garden State clean remains a priority. Gov. James E. McGreevey last week signed the Clean Communities and Recycling Grant Act,…
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Mayor voices ire at end of meeting
By kathy barattaStaff Writer Mayor voices ire at end of meeting By kathy baratta Staff Writer HOWELL — Still smarting from major changes in township policies that he claims were made without his input, Democratic Mayor Timothy Konopka was this week alleging that the Township Council’s newly elected Republican members violated the Sunshine Law by…
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Pedestrian struck, killed on 14th Street
Pedestrian struck, killed on 14th Street LAKEWOOD — A pedestrian was killed in a traffic accident that occurred on the evening of Jan. 19, according to Capt. Robert Lawson, a spokesman for the Lakewood Police Department. The accident took place at about 8:25 p.m. on 14th Street, about 1,300 feet west of Arboretum Parkway. According…
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Atty: Board within rights to set attendance areas
FRHSD files answersto two petitions inredistricting struggle By dave benjaminStaff Writer Atty: Board within rights to set attendance areas FRHSD files answers to two petitions in redistricting struggle By dave benjamin Staff Writer In response to a petition filed by the township of Marlboro with the state commissioner of education, the attorney who represents the…
